D-Link's Boxee Box

Boxee always has handled local media in two ways. Users can access their
filesystems directly and peruse their video collection folder by folder.
Where Boxee really shines, however, is with its media library function.
If files are named correctly (basically with the name of the movie
and year), Boxee downloads genre information, cover art, ratings
and other metadata. It's possible to browse your media collection
like you'd look through movies at the rental store.
Because Boxee downloads metadata, you even can sort your collection to
find that perfect popcorn companion. Granted, the media scraper isn't
perfect, but the Boxee Box gives you the ability to identify media it
can't figure out automatically.

Boxee makes your media collection look beautiful. The initial
scanning takes a long time, but the cover art and metadata are really
nice.

Shawn Powers is the Associate Editor for Linux
Journal. He's also the
Gadget Guy for LinuxJournal.com, and he has an interesting collection
of vintage Garfield coffee mugs. Don't let his silly hairdo fool you,
he's a pretty ordinary guy and can be reached via e-mail at
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